can you avoid death simply by running away or hiding?

 

यदि समरमपास्य नास्तिमृत्योर्भयमिति युक्तमितोऽन्यतः प्रयातुम्।

अथ मरणमवश्यमेव जन्तोः किमिति मुधा मलिनं यशः कुरुध्वम्॥

इन्दिश्चे स्प्रूचे ५२३८ २३६८ कुवलयानन्दे

yadi samaramapāsya nāstimṛtyorbhayamiti yuktamito'nyataḥ prayātum|

atha maraṇamavaśyameva jantoḥ kimiti mudhā malinaṁ yaśaḥ kurudhvam||

indiśce sprūce 5238 (2368) kuvalayānande

The author makes t𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞

𝐈𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞.

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝?

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐤𝐮𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚

𝐤 𝐯 𝐚

यदि if समरं अपास्य by avoiding, by shrinking away from fight, war, battle मुत्योः from death भयं fear न अस्ति not there इति चेत् if so इतो from here अन्यतः elsewhere प्रयातुं युक्तं proper to go away, advisable to run away .जन्तो for living beings मरणं death अवश्यं is inevitable, unavoidable एव indeed अथ किं इति therefore why मुघा driven by false hope, समरं अपास्य avoiding battle, shrinking away from fight यशः your own name and fame मलिनं dirty कुरुध्वं why should you do